Watanabe vs Sugiyama

Who won Watanabe vs Sugiyama?

Kana Watanabe beat Shizuka Sugiyama by during the main card of RIZIN Heisei’s Last Yarennoka!, on Sunday 30th December 2018 at Saitama Super Arena in Tokyo.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Kana Watanabe.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Watanabe vs Sugiyama division, which meant the weight limit was pounds (0 stone or 0 KG).

Watanabe vs Sugiyama stats

Kana Watanabe stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 4 wins, zero losses and 1 draw and 2 by submission.

Shizuka Sugiyama made her way to the cage with a record of 16 wins, 5 losses and 1 draw, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Kana Watanabe's Rizin record stood at 4-0-0, while Shizuka Sugiyama's came in at 0-2-0.

The stats suggested Sugiyama had a massive power advantage over Watanabe, boasting a 31% knock out percentage over Watanabe's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Watanabe had a massive advantage over Sugiyama, boasting a 50% submission rate over Sugiyama's 19%.

Kana Watanabe was the younger woman by 2 years, at 35 years old.

Watanabe had a height advantage of 1 inch over Sugiyama.

Watanabe was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 17 fewer fights, and made her debut in 2017, 9 years later than Sugiyama, whose first professional fight was in 2008. She had fought 15 less professional rounds, 35 to Sugiyama's 50.

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